Holder for car replacers



Feb. 13,1923. 1,445,109 w. H. SHUMAKER I HOLDER FOR CAR REPLACERS Filed Apr. 8, 1922 llW/E/VTOI? fibumairer,

ar r WILLIAM nanny sHUMAKnn, or "MIAMI, FLORIDA.

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Application filed April 8, 1922. Serial No. 550,733.

To all whom it may concern:

I, TVILLIAM Be it known that H. SHU- MAKnn, a citizen of the United States, and

resident of Miami, in the county of Dede and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Car Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to car replacers, more particularly to devices for holding a replacer in applied'position with respect to a rail, and

it consists in the combinations, arrangements and constructions herein described and claimed.

An object is to provide a holder which is adapted to be applied to railway rails of any ordinary size and to car plurality of different shapes and sired position in respect to a A further object of my ride a holder of the Clll replacers of a types of construction and of sizes to effectively hold the replacer with which associated in a derail,

invention is to proiracter described which is adapted for application to a plurality of car replacers of ordinary construction without any change being required in the construction of the latter and which 1S adapted to be operatively applied to certain other replacers of ordinary construction with but slight change in the construction of the latter being required.

A further obyect of my invention is to provide a device of the character described which has means for engaging a rail and a replacer to which applied in such manner as to prevent movement of the replacer relatively to the rail in service a the replacer at the point stresses received nd to reinforce at winch the in service are greatest,

thereby preventing the distortion of the replacer on account of the stresses is subjected.

Other obj ccts ia-rticularly outlined panying drawings. forming application, in which and advantages will be yirent from the following description,

e novelfeatures of the invention will be the appended claims. My invention is illustrated in the accoma part of thisa p and Figure l a plan view, showing a portion of a railway track havin the invention applied to the rails thereof,

Figure 2 is a ture shown in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a transverse s side elevation of the strucection through to which it upper edge and ceding views and through the rail replacers applied thereto, the 'embodimentof the invention being shownin side elevation, and Figures 4: and 5 respectively are an enlarged perspective view showing an element of the embodiment of the invention, similar view showing a key comprised in the embodiment of theinvention. 3 ,Referring'now tothe drawings]. show therein for the purpose of illustration a practical embodiment of the invention and the application thereof. A portion of a railway track includes spaced apart rails 1, 1 mounted upon ties 2 and being provided with car and locomotive replacersB which rest upon the ties and are secured to the rails by means which means will now be described. v I

The holder illustrated in the drawing and embodying the preferred by me comprises a longitudinal body 4t of flat bar-like conformation and being made of any material having the requisite strength, such as steel or the like. The body at is fashioned to providefan end portion 5 which is bent or curved upwardly and rearwardly at its extremity, as'indicated at 6' to provide a portion adapted 'to embrace the edge portion. of the base flange 7 of a rail. Theportion 5 of the body is substantially and a invention in the W embodying the invention,

straight from its juncture with the flange engaging port on 6 to a point intion 5. The end portion 9 is provided with a slot 10 adjacent to its extremity, which slot extends longitudinally of the portion 9. A key 11: adapted to cooperate with slot 10 is curved uniformlyfor its ent re length and is vtapered from one end thereof to the other, thus providing curved walls 12 and which converge toward the lower end of the key. 1 The key 11 is'provided with aforwardly extending lug vor'-enlargeinent 1 on the wall 13 at the larger end of the key which enlargement is beveled at 15 at its is fashioned to provide a lower side or face 16 which extends substantially at right angles to the upper porv the projection or enlargement tion of the side 13 to which it is joined. The key 11 is beveled at its smaller end, indicated at 17.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. The replacers are of a well known type of construction and each includes a front side 18 and a back side 19, the front and back sides being joined together at their upper ends and being downwardly divergent or inclined in respect toeach other. The back side 19 is provided with the usual opening 20 which is formed therethrough intermediate of its lengthand at an appreciable distance from its lower end.

The body 4: is arranged so that the portion 6 embraces the edge of the base flange of a rail and the replacer is arranged adjacent to the opposite edge of the base flange of the rail so that the front side of the re placer rests upon the portion '5 of the body adjacent to the juncture of the latter with the curved portion 8. The portion 9 will then be partially disposed between the front and back portions of the replacer and will extend through the opening 20 of the back side of the replacer so that the lower end of the key 11 can be projected through the slot 10 with the curved wall 12 of the key in contact with the outer face of the rear side of the replacers. this point'that the curvature of the portion 8 is such that the end portion 9 extends substantially at right angles to the rear side of the replacer and it will therefore be obvious thatthe replacer will be securely held,

against the base flange of the rail when the key is driven through the slot sufficiently to occasion adesired pressure and camming action onfithe rear side of the replacer. Since the key :11 is curved, the frictional engagement of the wall. 13 thereof with the outer end of the slot 13 tends to hold the key in any position to which driven. Since the key is tapered, replacers of different sizes and shapes may be held effectively against rails of any ordinary size when my improved holder is applied. W hen it is desired to remove the key, it may be readily pried loose from a position in which engaged with the slot by means of a bar, or like tool, arranged to engage the face 16 of 114V at the upper end of the key.

The curved portion extends above the plane of the lower edge I" the front side of the replacer and thus serves to resist any appreciable movement of the front side of the replacer toward the rear side thereof, thus tending to prevent any distortion of It is to be observed at the replacer on account of stresses received in service.

Obviously, my invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other than that in which illustrated in the accompanying drawings and I therefore consider as my own all modifications and adaptations thereof which fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is l. The combination with a car replacer having oppositely inclined downwardly divergent front and rear sides and having an opening formed through the rear side above the level of the lower edge of the front side, of a device for holding the replacer in applied position in respect to a rail, said device comprising a longitudinal bodyhaving means at one end for embracing an edge portion of the base flange of a rail and being of a length to underlie the base flange of the rail when disposed transversely thereof and to extend beneath the front'side of the replacer and through the opening of the rear side of the replacer to project rearwardly thereof substantially at right angles to the rear side, said rearwardly projecting portion having a slot formed thcrethrough, and a curved key engaging the slot and the rear side of the replacer to hold the latter against movement relatively to the rail.

2. The combination Wltl'l a car replacer having oppositely inclined iilownwardly divergent front and rear sides and having an opening formed through the rear side, of a device for holding "the replacer in applied position in respect to a rail, said device comprising a longitudinal body having a horizontal portion provided with means at one end for embracing an edge portii 11 of the base flange of a rail and being of a length to underlie the baseflange of the rail when disposed transversely thereof and an inclined portion into which the horizon tal portion is merged at a distance from the other edge portion of the base flange of the rail substantially equal to the thickness of the front side of the replacer at the lower edge of the 1 tion being of a lei the front and rear through the opei replacer to project i rearwardly projecting port. a slot formed thcretlu'ough, and a curved tapered key engaging the slot and'lhc rear side of the rcplacer to hold the latter against movement relatively to the rail.

WILLIAM HENRY SHUMAQIQGR h to extend between ies oi the dacei' and the rear side 1 after, said inclined per-v 

